Multicultural awareness

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Journal: Multicultural Awareness

[Insert Student Name Here]

School of Counseling and Human Services, Walden University

[Insert Course number here]: Introduction to Clinical Mental Health Counseling

[Insert Instructor Name Here]

[Insert Due Date Here]

Journal: Multicultural Awareness

Introduce the topic of this paper here in one brief paragraph (3 or 4 sentences).

Multicultural Self-Assessment

After taking the Multicultural Self-Assessment, discuss your results under this heading. Discuss your reactions to the assessment: What surprised you? What did you learn? And so on…

First Time I Realized I Was “Other”

Here you will explain the time you first realized that you were different from others.

Influence of Developmental Stage on Experience of “Otherness”

How was your experience of “otherness” influenced by your developmental stage at the time you experienced it?

Action Plan as a Result of the Self-Assessment

After considering the self-assessment and reviewing the text, explain how you plan to work on this important topic in your own life.

Importance of Multicultural Awareness and Cultural Competency

Under this heading, explain the importance of multicultural awareness and cultural competency to you as a counselor-in-training. Be sure to cite scholarly references.

References

Erford, B. T. (2018). Human development throughout the lifespan. In B. T. Erford (Ed.), Orientation to the counseling profession: Advocacy, ethics, and essential professional foundations (pp. 311–336). Pearson Education.

Gray, G. M. (2018). Multicultural counseling. In B. T. Erford (Ed.), Orientation to the counseling profession: Advocacy, ethics, and essential professional foundations (pp. 337–372). Pearson Education.

Laureate Education (Producer). (2010).  Cultural competence: The first time I knew I was other [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. Retrieved from http://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/COUN/6100/04/mm/coun6100_carousel.html

Petrone, M. C. (2004).  Multicultural self-assessment. In M. D. Cox & L. Richlin (Eds.), Building faculty learning communities (pp. 122–123). John Wiley & Sons. 

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